XH PREFACE. 



their day even in England, and already passed on to their 

 rejected lists. 



This work is preeminently suggestive. The reader will 

 be surprised at the amount of valuable thought and accu- 

 rate information herein embodied. We are not acquainted 

 with any similar work in our country which extends over 

 so wide a range of fruits, vegetables and flowers. True, 

 many things are referred to briefly and yet distinctly. 



The work is quite full and complete on the subject of 

 Hot and forcing Houses ; their construction, heating by 

 Steam, Hot water, &c. ; the cultivation in them of the 

 Grape, the Peach, Fig, Pine Apple, &c. 



The illustrations of the work are worthy of particular 

 notice on account of their great accuracy and beauty, and 

 the farmer, the gardener, the fruit-grower, or the amateur, 

 will find it when carefully studied, a very useful and 

 acceptable help, and prove worth} 7 of extensive circulation. 

 New York, 1855. 



